Family:Whitney, Israel (1767-1842)

Israel⁶ Whitney (Jonas⁵, Jonas⁴, Moses³, Richard², John¹), son of Jonas⁵ and Zebudah (Davis) Whitney, was born 16 Jan 1767, Harvard, MA,^[1] and died 12 Feb 1842, North Hero, VT.

He married 30 Mar 1788, Harvard, MA, Susannah Gary,^[2] or Susannah Gerry, daughter of Nathaniel and Susanna (Hill) Gerry. She was born 10 Apr 1769, Harvard, and died 11 Feb 1848, North Hero, VT.

He was born in Harvard, Worcester County, MA; worked on his father's farm. Soon after his marriage he moved to Littleton, MA, then to Fitzwilliam, NH; and soon after a short residence in Sudbury to North Hero, VT, where he afterward resided. He resided Littleton, MA; Fitzwilliam, NH, and Sudbury and North Hero, VT.

Children of Israel⁶ and Susannah (Gary) Whitney:

i.	(child)7 Whitney, b. ca. 1789; d. 8 Jun 1789, Harvard, MA.[3]
ii.	Israel Whitney, b. 31 May 1790, Littleton, MA;[4] d. unmarried, killed by a falling tree, at North Hero, VT, in 1816.
iii.	Susannah Whitney, b. 24 Sep 1792, Fitzwilliam, NH;[5] m. John Darrow of Alburgh, Vermont; b. -----; m. Lucien Clark; resided Dickinson, NY.
iv.	Betsey Whitney, b. 26 Jul 1794, Fitzwilliam, NH;[6] d. 1836, St. Mary's, QC; m. Sep 1816, Aaron Davis of Bradford, VT. He was a shoemaker. She m.(2) Joseph Hazen. Children: a. Levi W. Davis, b. 1 Jul 1817, North Hero, Grand Isle County, VT; m. 12 Oct 1843; resided Pittsford, NY. b. Nelson Davis, b. Aug 1818, North Hero, VT. c. Loren Davis, b. Aug 1820, North Hero, VT. Loren died at Lone Rock, WI, 1863; do not know the address of any of his children. (Nelson's, Oconto, WI) d. George Harrison Hazen, b. ca. 1822, St. Mary's, QC. e. Harriet Hazen, b. ca. 1824, St. Mary's, QC; d. 19 Apr 1886, St. Pie or St. Hyacinthe, QC; m. Antoine Cote. f. Harvey Hazen, b. 24 Jul 1826, St. Mary's, QC; res. Dickinson, NY. g. Daniel Peter Hazen, b. 24 Dec 1828, St. Mary's, QC; res. Burlington, VT. h. Josephus Theophile Hazen, b. 22 Feb 1830, St. Mary's, QC; d. in Canada.
v.	Peter Whitney, b. 16 Aug 1799. According to the 1850 census, Peter was aged 53, so born probably 16 Aug 1796, not 1799, VT. He m.(1) Lucina Fisk; m.(2) Laura Farr.
vi.	Sealand Whitney, b. 2 Nov 1799; m. Sybil Landon.
vii.	Abigail Whitney, b. ca. 1802, VT; m. 5 Dec 1819, North Hero, VT, Henry Hardy Hazen, of North Hero, b. 1 Aug 1800, North Hero, VT, d. 8 Dec 1870, Malone, NY. Children: a. Safford Gerry Hazen, b. 6 Apr 1821, North Hero, VT; d. 30 Apr 1862, Newport News, VT; m. 18 Nov 1843, Alburg, VT, Amy Rosina Farr; resided Malone, NY. b. Harrison Hazen, b. 1 Aug 1824, Alburg, VT; d. 30 Aug 1867, Dickinson, NY; m.(1) 1 Jun 1845, Dickinson, NY, Sally Hutchins, b. 14 Feb 1827, d. 29 Jul 1847, Dickinson, NY, dau. of Erastus and Luretta (Hazen) Hutchins; m.(2) 16 April 1849 Dickinson, NY, Louisa Barlow Hutchins, b. 16 Jul 1829, Henschenbrooke, Canada, d. 1 Jun 1912, Malone, NY, dau. of Joseph and Polly (Hazen) Hutchins. Children: 1. Abbie Mahala Hazen, b. 16 Apr 1848, Dickinson, NY; d. 14 Apr 1865. 2. Sally Rosina Hazen, b. 17 Jan 1850, Dickinson, NY; m. Byron Alden Whitney. 3. Seward Sumner Hazen, b. 18 Nov 1853, Moira, NY; m. 29 Sep 1874, Emma Frances Hawley, b. 7 Jan 1853, Malone, NY, d. 30 Jan 1917, Malone, NY. 4. William Anson Hazen, b. 29 Sep 1855, Moira, NY; m. 20 Dec 1882, Dickinson, NY, Orabelle Hutchins, b. 29 Aug 1864, Dickinson, NY, d. 22 Jul 1955, Arlington, VA, dau. of Erastus and Lois (Drake) Hutchins. 5. Abbie May Hazen, b. 10 Feb 1865, Dickinson, NY; d. 29 Jun 1891, Malone, NY. c. Sumner Ladd Hazen, b. 9 Dec 1826, North Hero, VT; d. 13 May 1911, Malone, NY; m.(1) 6 Jan 1847, Bangor, NY, Lydia Leonra Drake, b. 8 Apr 1827, Moira, NY, d. 30 Jan 1896, Dickinson, NY, dau. of Daniel and Lydia (Aldrich) Drake; m.(2) aft. 1896, Lucy Jane Ingalls Marks, b. 15 May 1844, Brasher Falls, NY, dau. of Sherburn Sanborn and Mary Jane (Schoff) Ingalls; resided Malone, NY. d. Annis Hazen, b. 23 Apr 1829, North Hero, VT; d. 6 May 1862, Dickinson, NY, aged 34 years 13 days; m. Mar 1846, Moira, NY, Milton Lockwood, b. 31 Dec 1826, Hinesburg, VT, d. 1 Dec 1890, Dickinson, NY, son of Bostwick and Jerusha (Powell) Lockwood. e. Celina Hazen, b. 24 Dec 1831, North Hero, VT; m. 10 Apr 1850, Dickinson, NY, William Anson Hutchins, son of Erastus and Luretta (Hazen) Hutchins. f. (son) Hazen, b. -----, North Hero, VT; d. aged 2 days. g. (daughter) Hazen, b. -----, North Hero, VT; d. aged 2 days. h. Lucena Hazen, b. 22 Apr 1835, North Hero, VT; d. 10 Oct 1903, Dickinson Center, NY; m. 2 Feb 1862, Moira, NY, John Simon Cotey; m.(2) 27 Aug 1867, Moria, NYJohn Knight Shaw, b. 7 Apr 1835, Sherrington, QC, d. 20 Apr 1910, near Hawkeye, IA, son of Joshua Wingate and Parthenia Butler (Knight) Shaw. i. Henry Hardy Hazen, b. 1837, North Hero, VT; d. 14 Aug 1841. j. Susan Hazen, b. 30 May 1840, North Hero, VT; d. 7 Apr 1901, Norfolk, NY; m.(1) 12 Sep 1858, Moira, NY, Ransom Daggett, b. Jun 1834, MA, d. Oct 1863, VA, son of Darius Daggett; m.(2) 6 Jun 1866, Potsdam, NY, James Thomas Perry, b. 1 Mar 1841, Parrishville, NY, d. 3 Nov 1910, Norfolk, NY, son of James Freeman and Ann (Stone) Perry. k. Mahala Hazen, b. 17 Mar 1842, Moira, NY; d. 6 Apr 1912, Highgate, VT; m. Winfield Hazen, b. 14 Feb 1841, North Hero, VT, d. 5 Dec 1915, Highgate, VT, son of Jabez Hazen. l. Lavinia Hazen, b. 12 Na 1846, Moira, NY; d. 30 Jan 1847.
viii.	Gary Whitney, b. ca. 1804; m. Patty Hazen.
ix.	Levi Whitney, b. say 1806; d. at North Hero, unmarried
x.	Lucena Whitney, b. 10 May 1809; m. Sep 1827; Daniel Hazen of North Hero. He was b. Mar 1800; d. 30 Mar 1828. She married 2d, Jan 1837, Ralph Hazen. She died 27 Aug 1867. Children: a. Daniel Hazen, b. 13 Aug 1827; m. 8 Sep 1852, Laura Ann Kinsley; resided Hiawatha, KS. b. Ceylon Hazen, b. 9 May 1838; m. Jul 1857, Jennette Roach; resided Rolf, IA. c. Ann Augusta, b. 12 Sep 1840; d. 12 Oct 1850.

Census

• 1790, Littleton, Middlesex Co., MA: Israel Whitney, 2 males over 16, 1 male 0-15, and 2 females.
• 1800, Sudbury, Rutland Co., VT: Whitney, Israel, 1 male 26-44, 1 male 10-15, 2 males 0-9, 2 female 26-44, and 2 females 0-9.
• 1810, North Hero, Grand Isle Co., VT: Israel Whitney, 1 male 26-45, 1 male 16-26, 2 males 10-16, 2 males under 10, 1 female 26-45, 2 females 16-26, 2 females under 10.
• 1820, North Hero, Grand Isle Co., VT: Israel Whitney, 1 male over 45, 2 males 26-44, 1 male 18-25, 1 male 10-14, 1 female over 45, 1 female 26-44, 1 female 10-14, and 1 female 0-9; 1 engaged in agriculture.
• 1830: not found. Probably the elderly couple living in the household of son Sealand.
• 1840, North Hero, Grand Isle Co., VT: Israel Whitney, 1 male 70-79 and 1 female 70-79; 1 engaged in agriculture.

References

• All data imported from Frederick Clifton Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635, (Chicago: 1895), pp. 167-168.

1.^  "Israel [Whitney], s. of Jonas (Jr., C.R.1.) and Zebudah, [born] Jan. 16, 1767," according to Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Harvard, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1917).

2.^  "Israel [Whitney] Jr. and Susanna Gary, [married] Mar. 30, 1788. C.R.1," according to Harvard Vital Records.

3.^  "----- [Whitney], inf. ch. of Israel Jr., [died] June 8, 1789. C.R.1," according to Harvard Vital Records.

4.^  "Israel [Whitney], s. of Israel and Susan[n]a, in Littleton, [born] May 30, 1790," according to Harvard Vital Records. Also recorded at Fitzwilliam, NH: New Hampshire, Vital Records, Birth Index.

5.^  New Hampshire, Vital Records, Birth Index.

6.^  New Hampshire, Vital Records, Birth Index.

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